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From: lotto@talcott.UUCP (Jerry Lotto)
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Subject: PC-AT Fan problem... Anyone else?
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Date: Sat, 15-Jun-85 09:14:52 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun 15 09:14:52 1985
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	Last nite I left my PC-AT on for a 24 hour period. When I came
in to work in the morning, the fan had stopped and machine was VERY
hot (I couldn't touch the hard disk cabinet or the power supply). An
attempt to read the disk resulted in "Bad FAT 1" then a good directory
followed by a disk read error. When I shut the machine off and turned it
right back on, the fan came to life. I disassembled it and let it cool
for 2 hours and now it seems to be OK (I did a full backup immediately).

	Questions: What caused the fan to cut out? What possible damage
was caused? How can I check the health of the machine beyond standard
diagnostics? Anyone else out there that has seen this?

	Please post responses of general interest or reply directly to:

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Gerald Lotto - Harvard Chemistry Dept.

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